Fran's Thoughts

Fran Pearson is Senior Director for Strategic Intelligence at VISFO, a life sciences consultancy based in West Yorkshire

"This is our 4th year of supporting GenerationResearch. We've been involved in a lot of the marketing and outreach, and we've been full supporters of the whole scheme since day one.

VISFO has had a really long-standing relationship with the University of York, and that relationship has just gone from strength to strength.

Allowing people from different backgrounds with different stories, the same opportunities to succeed is really important.'

"At VISFO, we think it's really vital to remove those barriers so that everybody can come to the table with their skills and develop them together."

Fran’s message to organisations thinking about hosting a GenRes student

“One of the key things that GenerationResearch does is provide opportunities for people who would otherwise not be able to access them.

A lot of jobs these days require people to have research experience, but you need a job to do that, to support yourself financially. It's this chicken-and-egg scenario that really limits the potential of the research community and global progress. It really is very, very important to support this scheme.”

“VISFO have been able to work with some really incredible minds coming out of GenerationResearch, and we'll continue to do so. We're in it for the long run!”